Content visualization
AssigneeLinkedIn Corporation
InventorsR. Kevin Rose, Michal Jan Migurski, Shawn Paul Allen, Eric W. Rodenbeck
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Abstract
Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is displayed in an interface.
Claims27
A method of displaying preference events regarding a content contribution, the method comprising:
- displaying multiple content contributions in a first interface;
- receiving via the first interface a plurality of preference events initiated by viewers of the content contributions, wherein each preference event expresses a preference of a viewer regarding a content contribution viewed in the first interface;
- in response to a query from a client displaying a swarm interface comprising representations of the content contributions, sending preference events that correspond to the content contributions;
- and
- within the swarm interface:
- for each sent preference event, causing a viewer object representing the viewer that initiated the sent preference event to be displayed in proximity to the representation of the corresponding content contribution;
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- causing a size of each viewer object displayed in the swarm interface to be proportional to a number of preference events initiated by the viewer represented by the viewer object.
A computer program product for displaying preference events regarding a content contribution, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- displaying multiple content contributions in a first interface;
- receiving via the first interface a plurality of preference events initiated by viewers of the content contributions, wherein each preference event expresses a preference of a viewer regarding a content contribution viewed in the first interface;
- in response to a query from a client displaying a swarm interface comprising representations of the content contributions, sending preference events that correspond to the content contributions;
- and
- within the swarm interface:
- for each sent preference event, causing a viewer object representing the viewer that initiated the sent preference event to be displayed in proximity to the representation of the corresponding content contribution;
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- causing a size of each viewer object displayed in the swarm interface to be proportional to a number of preference events initiated by the viewer represented by the viewer object.
A system for displaying preference events regarding a content contribution, the system including:
- a processor;
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- a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- display multiple content contributions in a first interface;
- receive via the first interface a plurality of preference events initiated by viewers of the content contributions, wherein each preference event expresses a preference of a viewer regarding a content contribution viewed in the first interface;
- in response to a query from a client displaying a swarm interface comprising representations of the content contributions, send preference events that correspond to the content contributions;
- and
- within the swarm interface:
- for each sent preference event, cause a viewer object representing the viewer that initiated the sent preference event to be displayed in proximity to the representation of the corresponding content contribution;
- and
- cause a size of each viewer object displayed in the swarm interface to be proportional to a number of preference events initiated by the viewer represented by the viewer object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.